Nov. 18, 2021 — First responders expected the worst when they arrived at a wreck scene on I-5 in Washington state. A tractor trailer rear-ended a 2015 Nissan Altima Tuesday afternoon on the Skagit River Bridge near Mount Vernon. The impact folded the car in half and left it flattened underneath the truck’s wheels. “There’s … Read more
Afghanistan is “at the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan‘s foreign minister warned Thursday as US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats met in Islamabad. Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called “troika plus” meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US … Read more
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron will talk on the phone in the coming days amid high tension over a submarines contract, a French government spokesman said Sunday. The announcement comes a day after France recalled its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra, unhappy over secret US-Australia negotiations that led to the cancellation … Read more
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Thursday, July 22, 2021 (Kaiser News) — As a deadly heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest last month, overwhelming hospital emergency rooms in a region unaccustomed to triple-digit temperatures, doctors resorted to a grim but practical tool to save lives: human body bags filled with ice and water. Officials … Read more
National Weather Service. Steve Mitchell, MD, medical director, Emergency Department, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. Lisa Jaffe, freelance journalist, Seattle. Elisa Claassen, office worker and photographer, Noonsack, WA. CDC: “Warning Signs and Symptoms of Heat-Related Illness.” King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Sean McGann, MD, Philadelphia emergency doctor; spokesperson, American College of Emergency Physicians. Delia Hernandez, … Read more
A gauge of future U.S. economic activity increased for the third consecutive month in May, suggesting the economy continued to recover from the recession caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Conference Board on Thursday said its index of leading economic indicators (LEI) rose 1.3% last month to 114.5, topping its previous peak reached in … Read more
An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting “more repressively” and “more aggressively” as it flexes its influence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday. “What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a … Read more
President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday that all adults across the United States will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by April 19 – well ahead of the already ambitious previous target. The White House said Biden is shifting the deadline for full eligibility from May 1 to April 19 after rapid progress in all … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden does not intend to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House said on Monday. Asked if Biden’s diplomatic approach to North Korea would include “sitting with President Kim Jong Un” as former President Donald Trump did, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “I think his approach … Read more
WASHINGTON: The US has said that it does not view its relationships with India and Pakistan as a “zero-sum proposition” and welcomed the steps taken by New Delhi to return the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to full economic and political normalcy consistent with India’s democratic values. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price also told … Read more